List of reptiles of South Asia
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The following is a list of reptiles of South Asia, primarily covering the region covered by mainland India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, parts of Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Island chains.
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[edit] Order Crocodilia
[edit] Family Crocodilidae
- Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar
- Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) India (east coast and the Andamans), Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia
[edit] Family Gavialiidae
- Gharial Gavialis gangeticus Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh
[edit] Order Testudines
[edit] Family Dermochelyidae
- Leatherback Sea Turtle Dermochelys coriacea Global
[edit] Family Chelonidae
- Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta Tropical regions
- Green turtle Chelonia mydas Tropical regions
- Hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata Tropical regions
- Olive Ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea Tropical regions
[edit] Family Testudinidae
- Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) Pakistan, India
- Elongated tortoise (Indotestudo elongata) India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malay peninsula, Indo-China
- Travancore tortoise (Indotestudo travancorica) Western Ghats
- Asian brown tortoise (Manouria emys) India, Bangladesh, Malay region
- Central Asian tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii) Pakistan
[edit] Family Bataguridae
- River terrapin Batagur baska India (Sundarbans, Bhitarkanika), Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, Sumatra
- Malayan box turtle Cuora amboinensis India (Northeast, Nicobar Islands) Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, the Sundas, Maluku, Philippines
- Asian leaf turtle Cyclemys dentata Northeast India, Bangladesh, China, Indo-China, Malay peninsula, Indo-Malay, the Sundas, Philippines
- Oldham's Leaf Turtle Cyclemys oldhami
- Spotted pond turtle Geoclemys hamiltonii Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal
- Cochin forest cane turtle Geoemyda silvatica Southwest India
- Crowned river turtle Hardella thurjii Pakistan, India
- Three-striped roofed turtle Kachuga dhongoka North India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Painted roofed turtle Kachuga kachuga North India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Brown roofed turtle Kachuga smithii Pakistan, North India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Assam roofed turtle Kachuga sylhetensis Northeast India, Bangladesh
- Indian roofed turtle Kachuga tecta Pakistan, North India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Indian tent turtle Kachuga tentoria India, Bangladesh
- Tricarinate hill turtle Melanochelys tricarinata India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Indian black turtle Melanochelys trijuga India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand
- Indian eyed turtle Morenia petersi Eastern India, Bangladesh
- Flatback Turtle Natator depressus
- Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle Notochelys platynota
- Keeled Box Turtle Pyxidea mouhotii
[edit] Family Trionychidae
- Indian softshell turtle Aspideretes gangeticus Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Indian peacock softshell turtle Aspideretes hurum India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Leith's softshell turtle Aspideretes leithii Peninsular India
- Black softshell turtle Aspideretes nigricans Chittagong city tank in southeast Bangladesh
- Narrow-headed softshell turtle Chitra indica Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Indian flapshell turtle Lissemys punctata Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Asian giant softshell turtle Pelochelys cantorii India (coasts), Malay peninsula, Indo-China, South China
[edit] Order Squamata - suborder Lacertila
[edit] Family Eublepharidae
- Indian fat-tailed gecko Eublepharis fuscus Western India
- Hardwicke's fat-tailed gecko Eublepharis hardwickii Eastern and central India
- Pakistani leopard gecko Eublepharis macularius Pakistan, Northwest India
[edit] Family Gekkonidae
- Böhme's Mountain Gecko Alsophylax boehmei
- Baluch rock gecko Bunopus tuberculatus Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal
- Indian golden gecko Calodactylodes aureus Eastern Ghats
- Sri Lankan golden gecko Calodactylus illingworthi Sri Lanka
- Cnemaspis assamensis
- Beddome's day gecko Cnemaspis beddomei
- Boie's day gecko Cnemaspis boiei
- Goan Day Gecko Cnemaspis goaensis
- Cnemaspis heteropholis
- Indian Day Gecko Cnemaspis indica
- Cnemaspis indraneildasii
- Jerdon's Day Gecko Cnemaspis jerdonii
- Kandy Day Gecko, Kandy Rock Gecko Cnemaspis kandiana
- Coastal Day Gecko Cnemaspis littoralis
- Ponmudi Day Gecko Cnemaspis nairi
- Ornate Day Gecko Cnemaspis ornata
- Cnemaspis otai
- Sispara Day Gecko Cnemaspis sisparensis
- Rough-bellied Day Gecko Cnemaspis tropidogaster
- Wynaad Day Gecko Cnemaspis wynadensis
- Cnemaspis yercaudensis
- Flat-tailed gecko Cosymbotus platyurus Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China, Indo-China, Malay region
- Sind Gecko Crossobamon orientalis
- Cyrtodactylus adleri
- Cyrtodactylus aravallensis
- Cyrtodactylus collegalensis
- Gunther's Indian Gecko Cyrtodactylus deccanensis
- Giant forest gecko Cyrtodactylus frenatus Sri Lanka
- Sikkim bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus gubernatoris
- Khasi Hills bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus khasiensis
- Smith's bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus malcomsmithi
- Jammu bent-toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus mansarulus
- Cyrtodactylus nebulosus
- Malayan Forest Gecko Cyrtodactylus pulchellus
- Andamans bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus rubidus India (Andamans)
- Frontier Bow-fingered Gecko Cyrtodactylus stoliczkai
- Cyrtodactylus walli
- Cyrtopodion baturensis
- Banded bent-toed Gecko Cyrtopodion fasciolatus
- Himalayan bent-toed Gecko Cyrtopodion himalayanus
- Kutch Gecko Cyrtopodion kachhensis
- Lawder's bent-toed Gecko Cyrtopodion lawderanus
- Rough-tailed Gecko Cyrtopodion scabrum
- Siamese Leaf-toed Gecko Dixonius siamensis
- Dravidogecko anamallensis
- Patinghe Indian Gecko Geckoella jeyporensis
- Lined Gecko Gekko vittatus
- Devil gecko Geckoella yakhuna Sri Lanka
- Four-clawed gecko Gehyra mutilata South India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indo-China, Malay region
- Tokay gecko Gekko gekko Northeast India, Indo-China, China, Malay region
- Smith's giant gecko Gekko smithii India (Nicobar), Myanmar, Thailand, Malay region
- Andamanese giant gecko Gekko verreauxi India (Andamans)
- Bowring's gecko Hemidactylus bowringii Eastern India, Myanmar, China
- Brook's gecko Hemidactylus brookii Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Singapore, Malay region
- Depressed gecko Hemidactylus depressus Sri Lanka
- Yellow-spotted gecko Hemidactylus flaviviridis Pakistan, India, Iran
- Asian house gecko Hemidactylus frenatus South India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, China, Malay region, Tropical areas
- Giant Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus giganteus
- Garnott's gecko Hemidactylus garnotii Northeast India, Bhutan, Nepal, Malay region
- Graceful Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus gracilis
- Marbled tree gecko Hemidactylus leschenaultii Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka
- Burmese Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus karenorum
- Spotted gecko Hemidactylus maculatus Southwest India, Sri Lanka
- Hemidactylus mahendrai
- Persian Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus persicus
- Hemidactylus porbandarensis
- Bombay Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus prashadi
- Reticulate Leaf-toed Gecko Hemidactylus reticulatus
- Scaly gecko Hemidactylus scabriceps South India, Sri Lanka
- Hemidactylus subtriedrus
- Termite hill gecko Hemidactylus triedrus Pakistan, India
- Mediterranean House Gecko Hemidactylus turcicus
- Hemiphyllodactylus aurantiacus
- Indopacific Tree Gecko Hemiphyllodactylus typus
- Mourning Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris
- Andaman day gecko Phelsuma andamanense India (Andamans)
- Kuhl's flap-skinned gecko Ptychozoon kuhli India (Nicobar), Malay region
- Smooth-backed Gliding Gecko Ptychozoon lionotum
- White-striped Viper Gecko Teratolepis albofasciatus
[edit] Family Agamidae
- Laungwala Long-headed Lizard (Bufoniceps laungwalaensis) Rajasthan
- Green Crestless Forest Lizard (Calotes andamanensis) Western Ghats
- Emma Gray's Forest Lizard (Calotes emma) northeast India.
- Green forest lizard (Calotes calotes) South India, Sri Lanka
- Large Scaled Forest Lizard (Calotes grandisquamis) Western Ghats
- Jerdon's forest lizard (Calotes jerdoni) India (Khasi hills, Meghalaya), Myanmar, China
- Indo-Chinese forest lizard (Calotes mystaceus) Northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
- Black-lipped forest lizard (Calotes nigrilabris) Sri Lanka
- Roux forest lizard (Calotes rouxii) India
- Indian garden lizard (Calotes versicolor) Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (Andamans), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Malay peninsula, Indo-China, China, Sumatra
- Rough-horned lizard (Ceratophora aspera) Sri Lanka
- Small-horned lizard (Cophotis ceylanica) Sri Lanka
- Bay Islands forest lizard (Coryphophylax subcristatus) India (Andaman and Nicobar islands)
- Blanford's flying lizard (Draco blanfordii) Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay peninsula
- South Indian flying lizard (Draco dussumieri) Southwest China
- Tubercled agama (Laudakia tuberculata) Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal
- Hump-nosed lizard (Lyriocephalus scutatus) Sri Lanka
- Wiegmann's forest lizard (Otocryptis wiegmanni) Sri Lanka
- Rock lizard (Psammophilus dorsalis) South India
- Blanford's Rock lizard (Psammophilus blanfordanus) South India
- Fan-throated lizard (Sitana ponticeriana) India, Sri Lanka
- Agile agama (Trapelus agilis) Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northwest India
- Indian spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx hardwickii) Pakistan, Northwest India
[edit] Family Chamaeleonidae
- Indian chamaeleon Chamaeleo zeylanicus Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka
[edit] Family Dibamidae
[edit] Family Anguidae
- Armoured glass snake Ophiosaurus apodus Eurasia, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Eastern glass snake Ophiosaurus gracilis India (Himalayas, Northeast), Myanmar
[edit] Family Scincidae
- Minor Snake-eyed Skink Ablepharus grayanus
- Asian Snake-eyed Skink Ablepharus pannonicus
- Asymblepharus tragbulense
- Barkud limbless skink Barkudia insularis India (East coast)
- Barkudia melanosticta
- Four-toed snake skink Chalcidoseps thwaitesii Sri Lanka
- Chalcides pentadactylus
- Tree skink Dasia haliana Southwest India, Sri Lanka
- Olive tree skink Dasia olivacea India (Nicobars), Myanmar, Indo-China, Malay region
- Dasia nicobarensis
- Olive Tree Skink Dasia olivacea
- Boulenger's Dasia Dasia subcaerulea
- Schneider's Skink Eumeces schneideri (Daudin, 1802)
- Eumeces blythianus
- Poona Skink Eurylepis poonaensis (Sharma, 1970)
- Alpine Punjab Skink Eurylepis taeniolatus Blyth, 1854
- Kelaart's slender skink Lankascincus taprobanensis Sri Lanka
- Big-eared Lipinia Lipinia macrotympanum (Stoliczka, 1873)
- Four-striped Lipinia Lipinia quadrivittata (Peters, 1867)
- White-spotted Supple Skink Lygosoma albopunctata (Gray, 1846)
- Lygosoma ashwamedhi Sharma, 1969
- Christmas Island Grass-skink Lygosoma bowringii (Günther, 1864)
- Lygosoma goaensis (Sharma, 1976)
- Günther's Writhing Skink Lygosoma guentheri (Günther, 1864)
- Lygosoma lineata (Gray, 1839)
- Lygosoma pruthi (Sharma, 1977)
- Lygosoma punctata (Gmelin, 1799)
- Vosmer's Writhing Skink Lygosoma vosmaeri (Gray, 1839)
- Gunther's spotted skink Lygosoma guentheri Southwest India
- Mabuya allapallensis Schmidt, 1926
- Mabuya andamanensis Smith, 1935
- Beddome's skink Mabuya beddomii (Jerdon, 1870) Southwest India, Sri Lanka
- Bibron's skink Mabuya bibronii (Gray, 1838) Southeast India, Sri Lanka
- Common keeled skink Mabuya carinata (Schneider, 1801) Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Inger's Mabuya Mabuya clivicola Inger, Shaffer, Koshy & Bakde, 1984
- Striped grass skink Mabuya dissimilis (Hallowell, 1857) Pakistan, North India
- Mabuya gansi Das,1991
- Blanford's Mabuya Mabuya innotata (Blanford, 1870)
- Little Indian skink or Bronze Skink Mabuya macularia (Blyth, 1853) Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malay peninsula
- Many-lined skink Mabuya multifasciata (Kuhl, 1820) Northeast India (Nicobars), China, Malay region
- Sharma's Mabuya Mabuya nagarjuni Sharma, 1969
- Nine-keeled skink Mabuya novemcarinata (Anderson, 1871) Northeast India, Myanmar, Malay peninsula
- Four-keeled skink Mabuya quadricarinata Boulenger, 1887 Northeast India, Myanmar
- Rough Mabuya Mabuya rudis (Boulenger, 1887)
- Nicobar Island Skink Mabuya rugifera (Stoliczka, 1870)
- Three-banded Mabuya Mabuya trivittata (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827)
- Tytler's Mabuya Mabuya tytleri (Tytler, 1868)
- Gray's snake skink Nessia burtonii Sri Lanka
- Deraniyagala's snake skink Nessia deraniyagalai Sri Lanka
- Two-toed snake skink Nessia didactylus Sri Lanka
- Shark-headed snake skink Nessia hickanala Sri Lanka
- Layard's snake skink Nessia layardi Sri Lanka
- One-toed snake skink Nessia monodactylus Sri Lanka
- Sarasin's snake skink Nessia sarasinorum Sri Lanka
- Eastern sandfish Ophiomorus raithmai Anderson & Leviton, 1966 Pakistan, Northwest India
- Three-toed Snake Skink Ophiomorus tridactylus (Blyth, 1853)
- Ristella beddomii Boulenger, 1887
- Günther's Ristella Ristella guentheri Boulenger, 1887
- Rurk's Ristella Ristella rurkii Gray, 1839
- Travancore Ristella Ristella travancorica (Beddome, 1870)
- Scincella beddomei (Boulenger, 1887)
- Two-lined Ground Skink Scincella bilineata (Gray, 1846)
- Ladakh Supple skink Scincella ladacensis (Günther, 1864) North India, Nepal
- Scincella macrotis (Steindachner, 1867)
- Scincella palnica (Boettger, 1892)
- Reeves' Smooth Gecko Scincella reevesii (Gray, 1838)
- Sikkimese Supple skink Scincella sikkimensis (Blyth, 1854) Eastern India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal
- Scincella travancorica (Beddome, 1870)
- Sepsophis punctatus Beddome, 1870
- North Indian litter skink Sphenomorphus indicus (Gray, 1853) Tibet, India (Himalayas), Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Malay peninsula
- Sphenomorphus courcyanum (Annandale, 1912)
- Dussumier's Forest Skink Sphenomorphus dussumieri (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
- Spotted Forest Skink Sphenomorphus maculatus (Blyth, 1853)
[edit] Family Lacertidae
- Blanford's Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus blanfordii
- Indian Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus cantoris
- Small-spotted Lizard Mesalina guttulata
- Beddome's Snake-Eye Ophisops beddomei
- Snake-eyed Lizard Ophisops elegans
- Jerdon's Snake-Eye Ophisops jerdonii
- Leschenault's Snake-Eye Ophisops leschenaultii
- Ophisops microlepis
- Deraniyagala's striped lacerta Ophisops minor India, Sri Lanka
- Goalpara Grass Lizard Takydromus haughtonianus
- Java Grass Lizard Takydromus khasiensis
- Asian Grass Lizard Takydromus sexlineatus
[edit] Family Varanidae
- Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis) Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Yellow monitor (Varanus flavescens) Pakistan, India, Nepal
- Desert monitor (Varanus griseus) Caspian Sea, Pakistan, Northwest India
- Water monitor (Varanus salvator) India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malay region, Philippines
[edit] Order Squamata - suborder Serpentes
[edit] Family Typhlopidae
- Brahminy Blind Snake (Ramphotyphlops braminus) Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- Giant blind snake (Typhlops diardii) Northeast India, Bangladesh, China, Indo-China, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay region
- Pied blind snake (Typhlops leucomelas) Sri Lanka
- Jan's blind snake (Typhlops mirus) Sri Lanka
- Slender blind snake (Typhlops porrectus) Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- Typhlops exiguus
- Typhlops beddomii
- Typhlops andamanesis
- Rhinotyphlops acutus
- Ramphotyphlops exocoeti
- (Typhlops tindalli)
- (Typhlops thurstoni)
- (Typhlops tenuicollis)
- (Typhlops pammeces)
- (Typhlops oligolepis)
- (Typhlops oatesii)
- (Typhlops meszoelyi)
- (Typhlops loveridgei)
- (Typhlops jerdoni)
- (Typhlops fletcheri)
[edit] Family Cylindrophiidae
- Sri Lankan pipe snake Cylindrophis maculata Sri Lanka
[edit] Family Uropeltidae
- Palni Shieldtail Snake Brachyophidium rhodogaster
- Two-lined Black Shieldtail Melanophidium bilineatum
- Beddome's Black Shieldtail Melanophidium punctatum
- Indian Black Earth Snake Melanophidium wynaudense
- Travancore Hills Thorntail Snake Platyplectrurus madurensis
- Lined Thorntail Snake Platyplectrurus trilineatus
- Kerala Shieldtail Plectrurus aureus
- Kanara Shieldtail Plectrurus canaricus
- Günther's Burrowing Snake Plectrurus guentheri
- Nilgiri Burrowing Snake Plectrurus perroteti
- Cardamom Hills Earth Snake Rhinophis fergusonianus
- Schneider's Earth Snake Rhinophis oxyrhynchus
- Salty Earth Snake Rhinophis sanguineus
- Travancore Shieldtail Rhinophis travancoricus
- Purple-red Earth Snake Teretrurus sanguineus
- Madurai Earth Snake Uropeltis arcticeps
- Beddome's Earth Snake Uropeltis beddomii
- Brougham's Earth Snake Uropeltis broughami
- Ceylon Earth Snake Uropeltis ceylanicus
- Sirumalai Hills Earth Snake Uropeltis dindigalensis
- Elliot's Earth Snake Uropeltis ellioti
- Günther's Earth Snake Uropeltis liura
- Bombay Earth Snake Uropeltis macrolepis
- Anaimalai Earth Snake Uropeltis macrorhynchus
- Spotted Earth Snake Uropeltis maculatus
- Boulenger's Earth Snake Uropeltis myhendrae
- Southern Earth Snake Uropeltis nitidus
- Ocellated Shieldtail Uropeltis ocellatus
- Shieldtail Earth Snake Uropeltis petersi
- Phipson's Shieldtail Uropeltis phipsonii
- Indian Earth Snake Uropeltis pulneyensis
- Red-lined Earth Snake Uropeltis rubrolineatus
- Red-spotted Earth Snake Uropeltis rubromaculatus
- Smith's Earth Snake Uropeltis smithi
- Woodmason's Earth Snake Uropeltis woodmasoni
[edit] Family Acrochordidae
- Wart snake Acrochordus granulatus India, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Timor
[edit] Family Boidae
- Common sand boa Gongylophis conicus Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- Red sand boa Eryx johnii India, Pakistan
- Whitaker's sand boa Eryx whitakeri Southwest India
- Indian rock python Python molurus Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Java
- Reticulated python Python reticulatus India (Arunachal Pradesh, Nicobars), Myanmar, China, Indo-China, Malay region
[edit] Family Xenopeltidae
- Sunbeam snake Xenopeltis unicolor India (Nicobars), Myanmar, Thailand, China, Indo-China, Malay region
[edit] Family Colubridae
This section is broken into sub-sections which are not taxonomic categories.
[edit] Tree snakes, whipsnakes
- Gunther's vine snake Ahaetulla dispar Southwest India
- Green vine snake Ahaetulla nasuta India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China
- Oriental green snake Ahaetulla prasina Eastern India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Indo-China, Malay region
- Brown vine snake Ahaetulla pulverulenta Southwest India, Sri Lanka
- Boulenger's bronzebacked tree snake Dendrelaphis bifrenalis India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand
- Stripe-tailed bronzebacked tree snake Dendrelaphis caudolineolatus India, Sri Lanka
- Blue bronzebacked tree snake Dendrelaphis cyanochloris India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand
- Painted bronzebacked tree snake Dendrelaphis pictus Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Malay region
- Common bronzebacked tree snake Dendrelaphis tristis Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- Dendrelaphis humayuni
- Dendrelaphis grandoculis
- Dendrelaphis gorei
- Ornate flying snake Chrysopelea ornata Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India
- Sri Lankan flying snake Chrysopelea taprobanica Southwest India, Sri Lanka
- Paradise flying snake Chrysopelea paradisi
[edit] Keelbacks, grass snakes
- Boulenger's keelback Amphiesma parallelum India, Nepal, Myanmar, China, Indo-China
- Eastern striped keelback Amphiesma platyceps India (Kashmir, Northeast), Nepal
- Buff-striped keelback Amphiesma stolatum Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, China, Indo-China
- Amphiesma khasiense
- Hill Keelback Amphiesma monticola India
- Amphiesma nicobariense
- Amphiesma pealii
- Amphiesma xenura
- Amphiesma modestum
- Amphiesma sieboldii
- Olive Keelback Sinonatrix percarinata
[edit] Racers and ratsnakes
- Banded racer Argyrogena fasciolata Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Glossy-bellied racer Coluber ventromaculatus India, Sri Lanka
- Coluber rhodorachis
- Coluber karelini
- Coluber gracilis
- Coluber bholanathi
- Coluber vittacaudatus
- Coronella brachyura
- Indo-Chinese rat snake Ptyas korros India, China, Myanmar, Malay region
- Indian rat snake Ptyas mucosus Turkestan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Taiwan, Sumatra, Java
- Black-margined rat snake Ptyas nigromarginatus India, China, Myanmar
[edit] Water snakes
- Dog-faced water snake Cerberus rynchops Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Indo-China, Malay region
- Green Keelback Macrophistodon plumbicolor Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- Dussumier's water snake Enhydris dussumieri India
- Common smooth water snake Enhydris enhydris Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, Malay region
- Cat-eyed fishing snake Gerardia prevostiana Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malay region
- Sri Lankan checkered keelback Xenochrophis asperrimus Sri Lanka
- Dark-bellied marsh snake Xenochrophis cerasogaster Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Andamanese keelback water snake Xenochrophis melanzostus India (Andamans)
- Rice Paddy Snake Enhydris plumbea
- Siebold's Water Snake Enhydris sieboldi
- Checkered Keelback Xenochrophis piscator Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Indo-China
- Yellow-Spotted Keelback Xenochrophis flavipunctatus
- Xenochrophis punctulatus
- St. John's Keelback Xenochrophis sanctijohannis
- Triangle Keelback Xenochrophis trianguligerus
- Crab-eating Water Snake Fordonia leucobalia
[edit] Rough sided snakes
- Boie's rough-sided snake Aspidura brachyorrhos Sri Lanka
- Cope's rough-sided snake Aspidura copei Sri Lanka
- Deraniyagala's rough-sided snake Aspidura deraniyagalae Sri Lanka
- Drummond-Hay's rough-sided snake Aspidura drummondhayi Sri Lanka
- Gunther's rough-sided snake Aspidura guentheri Sri Lanka
- Common rough-sided snake Aspidura trachyprocta Sri Lanka
- Olive keelback water snake Atretium schistosum India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka blossom krait Balanophis ceylonensis Sri Lanka
- Iridescent snake Blythia reticulata Northeast India, China, Myanmar
[edit] Cat snakes
- Barnes' cat snake Boiga barnesii Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan cat snake Boiga ceylonensis India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
- Green cat snake Boiga cyanea India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China
- Forsten's cat snake Boiga forsteni India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
- Many-spotted cat snake Boiga multomaculata Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China
- Orange cat snake Boiga ochracea East and Northeast India, Myanmar
- Common cat snake Boiga trigonata Central Asia, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- Nicobarese cat snake Boiga wallachi India (Nicobars)
- Boiga multifasciata
- Boiga quincunciata
- Boiga ocellata
- Boiga nuchalis
- Boiga gokool
- Boiga dightoni
- Boiga dendrophila
- Boiga cynodon
- Boiga beddomei
- Boiga andamanensis
[edit] Others
- Doria's Green Snake Cyclophiops doriae
- Gunther's bridal snake Dryocalamus gracilis India, Sri Lanka, False Island (off the Arakan coast of Myanmar)
- Common bridal snake Dryocalamus nympha India, Sri Lanka
- Dinodon septentrionalis
- Dinodon gammiei
- Indian egg-eating snake Elachistodon westermanni India, Nepal, Bangladesh
- Yellow-striped trinket snake Elaphe flavolineata India (Andamans), Malay region
- Common trinket snake Elaphe helena Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- Himalayan trinket snake Elaphe hodgsonii India (Himalayas), Nepal
- Elaphe mandarina
- Elaphe porphyracea
- Elaphe prasina
- Copperhead trinket snake Elaphe radiata India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Indo-China, China
- Elaphe taeniura
- Gongylosoma nicobariensis
- Gonyosoma cantoris
- Gonyosoma frenatum
- Red-tailed Green Ratsnake Gonyosoma oxycephalum
- Black-spined snake Haplocercus ceylonensis Sri Lanka
- Lesser stripe-necked snake Liopeltis calamaria Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
- Spotted Whip Snake Hemorrhois ravergieri
- Puff-faced Water Snake Homalopsis buccata
- Günther's Reed Snake Liopeltis frenatus
- Liopeltis rappi
- Liopeltis stoliczkae
- Banded Wolf Snake Lycodon fasciatus
- Yellow-spotted Wolf Snake Lycodon flavomaculatus
- Laotian Wolf Snake Lycodon laoensis
- Mackinnon's Wolf Snake Lycodon mackinnoni
- Andaman Wolf Snake Lycodon tiwarii
- Zaw's Wolf Snake Lycodon zawi
- Sri Lankan wolf snake Cercaspis carinatus Sri Lanka
- Common wolf snake Lycodon aulicus Pakistan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Andamanese wolf snake Lycodon capucinus India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Hong Kong
- Yellow-speckled wolf snake Lycodon jara Nepal, India, Bangladesh
- Shaw's wolf snake Lycodon striatus Transcapsia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka
- Travancore wolf snake Lycodon travancoricus India
- Theobald's Kukri Snake Oligodon theobaldi
- Kukri Snake Oligodon affinis
- White-striped kukri snake Oligodon albocinctus India, Bangladesh, Myanmar
- Common kukri snake Oligodon arnensis Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- Templeton's kukri snake Oligodon calamarius Sri Lanka
- Cantor's kukri snake Oligodon cyclurus Bangladesh, Eastern India
- Spot-tailed kukri snake Oligodon dorsalis India, Bangladesh, Myanmar
- Half-lined kukri snake Oligodon sublineatus Sri Lanka
- Variegated kukri snake Oligodon taeniolatus Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- Black-spotted kukri snake Oligodon venustus India
- Nagarkot Kukri Snake Oligodon erythrogaster
- Günther's Kukri Snake Oligodon cinereus
- Assam Kukri Snake Oligodon catenata
- Shorthead Kukri Snake Oligodon brevicauda
- Abor Hills Kukri Snake Oligodon melanozonatus
- Nikhil's Kukri Snake Oligodon nikhili
- Oligodon woodmasoni
- Namsang Kukri Snake Oligodon erythrorhachis
- Walnut Kukri Snake Oligodon juglandifer
- Bluebelly Kukri Snake Oligodon melaneus
- Oligodon templetoni
- Assam snail-eater Pareas monticola Bangladesh, India (Himalayan foothills)
- Condanarus sand snake Psammophis condanarus Pakistan, India, Nepal
- Leith's sand snake Psammophis leithii Pakistan, India
- Desert sand snake Psammophis schokari Pakistan, India
- Long Sand Racer Psammophis longifrons
- Sind Longnose Sand Snake Lytorhynchus paradoxus
- Mock viper Psammodynastes pulverulentus India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Malay region
- Painted Mock Viper Psammodynastes pictus
- False cobra Pseudoxenodon macrops Bhutan, India, Nepal (Himalayan foothills)
- Himalayan keelback Rhabdophis himalayanus India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar
- Red-necked keelback Rhabdophis subminiatus Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Indo-China, Malay region
- Brown Trapezoid Snake Rhabdops bicolor
- Olive Trapezoid Snake Rhabdops olivaceus
- Günther's Many-tooth Snake Sibynophis bistrigatus
- Common Many-tooth Snake Sibynophis collaris
- Cantor's blackheaded snake Sibynophis sagittarius Nepal, India, Bangladesh
- Spotted blackheaded snake Sibynophis subpunctatus India, Sri Lanka
- Red-spotted snake Spalerosophis arenarius India, Pakistan
- Royal snake Spalerosophis diadema Turkestan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India
- Khasi Red Snake Stoliczkaia khasiensis
- Blackbelly Worm-eating Snake Trachischium fuscum
- Rosebelly Worm-eating Snake Trachischium guentheri
- Olive Oriental Slender Snake Trachischium laeve
- Mountain Worm-eating Snake Trachischium monticola
- Yellow-bellied Worm-eating Snake Trachischium tenuiceps
- Perrotet's Mountain Snake Xylophis perroteti
- Günther's Mountain Snake Xylophis stenorhynchus
[edit] Family Elapidae
- Andamans krait Bungarus andamanensis India (Andamans)
- Common Indian krait Bungarus caeruleus Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan krait Bungarus ceylonicus Sri Lanka
- Banded krait Bungarus fasciatus Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China, Malay region
- Sindh krait Bungarus sindanus Pakistan, India
- Northeastern Hill Krait Bungarus bungaroides
- Lesser Black Krait Bungarus lividus
- Greater Black Krait Bungarus niger
- Beddome's Coral Snake Calliophis beddomei
- MacClelland's coral snake Calliophis macclellandi Nepal, India, Myanmar, Indo-China, Taiwan
- Slender coral snake Calliophis melanurus Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
- Black Coral Snake Calliophis nigrescens
- Bibron's Coral Snake Calliophis bibroni
- Monocled cobra Naja kaouthia Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, China
- Spectacled cobra Naja naja Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- Black cobra Naja oxiana Central Asia, Pakistan, India
- Andaman cobra Naja sagittifera India (Andamans)
- King cobra Ophiophagus hannah India, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Indo-China, Malay region, Philippines
[edit] Family Hydrophiidae
- Spine-tailed seasnake Aipysurus eydouxii (Gray, 1849)
- Large-headed sea snake Astrotia stokesii (Gray, 1846) Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malay region
- Yellow-and-black sea snake Atretium schistosum India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka
- Olive-Headed Seasnake Disteira major (Shaw, 1802)
- Disteira nigrocincta (Daudin, 1803)
- Wall's Sea Snake Disteira walli Kharin, 1989
- Beaked Seasnake or Hook-nosed sea snake Enhydrina schistosa (Daudin, 1803) Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indo-China, Malay peninsula
- Faint-Banded Seasnake Hydrophis belcheri (Gray, 1849)
- Peters' Sea Snake Hydrophis bituberculatus Peters, 1872
- Hydrophis brooki Günther, 1872
- Blue sea snake Hydrophis caerulescens Shaw, 1802 Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, China, Malay region
- Annulated Sea Snake Hydrophis cyanocinctus Daudin, 1803
- Banded sea snake Hydrophis fasciatus (Schneider, 1799) Pakistan, India, Myanmar, Malay region
- Hydrophis inornatus (Gray, 1849)
- Kloss' Sea Snake Hydrophis klossi Boulenger, 1912
- Black-headed sea snake Hydrophis mammilaris Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka
- Black-banded sea snake Hydrophis nigrocinctus India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Estuarine sea snake Hydrophis obscurus India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Cochin banded sea snake Hydrophis ornatus Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malay region, Indo-China, China
- Persian Gulf Sea Snake Hydrophis lapemoides (Gray, 1849)
- Slender-Necked Seasnake Hydrophis melanocephalus (Gray, 1849)
- Yellow Sea Snake Hydrophis spiralis (Shaw, 1802)
- Collared Sea Snake Hydrophis stricticollis Günther, 1864
- Jerdon's sea snake Kerilia jerdonii India, Sri Lanka, Malay peninsula
- Bighead Sea Snake Kolpophis annandalei (Laidlaw, 1901)
- Short sea snake Lapemis curtus (Shaw, 1802) Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Malay region, Indo-China
- Yellow-lipped sea krait Laticauda colubrina India, East of the islands of the Sundas
- Laticauda laticaudata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hardwicke's Spine-Bellied Seasnake Lapemis hardwickii Gray, 1834
- Annulated sea snake Leioselasma cyanocincta Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malay region
- Yellow sea snake Leioselasma spiralis Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Malay region
- Microcephalophis cantoris
- Slender narrow-headed sea snake Microcephalophis gracilis Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malay region, China
- Pelamis platura
- Thalassophina viperina
- Anomalous Sea Snake Thalassophis anomalus
[edit] Family Viperidae
- Himalayan pit viper Gloydius himalayanus India, Pakistan, Nepal
- Levantine viper Macrovipera lebetina Middle East, Pakistan
- Russel's viper Daboia russelii Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Indo-China, islands of Java, Komodo, Flores, Indonesia
- Indian saw-scaled viper Echis carinatus Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
- Echis megalocephalus
- Common hump-nosed pit viper Hypnale hypnale India, Sri Lanka
- Millard's hump-nosed pit viper Hypnale nepa Sri Lanka
- Wall's hump-nosed pit viper Hypnale walli Sri Lanka
- Blotched pit viper Ovophis monticola Bangladesh, India, Nepal
- Brown spotted pit viper Protobothrops mucrosquamatus India, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Vietnam
- Protobothrops jerdonii
- White-lipped pit viper Trimeresurus albolabris India, Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sundas upto Timor
- Anderson's pit viper Trimeresurus andersonii India (Andamans)
- Bamboo pit viper Trimeresurus gramineus Nepal, India
- Large-scaled green pit viper Trimeresurus macrolepis Southwest India
- Malabar rock pit viper Trimeresurus malabaricus Southwest India
- Tibetan pit viper Trimeresurus tibetanus Tibet, Nepal
- Trimeresurus stejnegeri
- Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus
- Pope's Pit Viper Trimeresurus popeiorum
- Medo Pit Viper Trimeresurus medoensis
- Trimeresurus labialis
- Trimeresurus erythrurus
- Cantor's Pit Viper Trimeresurus cantori
- Pseudocerastes persicus
[edit] References
- Romulus Whitaker & Ashok Captain, (2004) Snakes of India: The Field Guide. Draco Books, Chennai.
- Daniel, J.C.(2002) The Book of Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. Bombay Natural History Society and Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-566099-4
